2024, This Year’s Model III, Studio 1.1, London

THIS YEAR’S MODEL IIIJun 6th – 30thStudio 1.157a Redchurch StLondon E2 7DJ I’m delighted that my painting Chotchkes, 2021, gouache on the Stornoway Gazette and White Tree, 2023, oil on panel, will both be shown at the annual member’s show This Year’s Model at Studio 1.1 in London.  Other exhibiting artists are: LEE KNOTT, MARIANNE SHORTEN, MIN ANGEL, NICKY AMIN, NICOLA MORRISON, OLIVIA IRVINE, PATRICK LEARS, PAULA MacARTHUR, PAULINE HALL, PETER ROSEMAN, RUTH CALLAND, SANDRA LANE, SARAH KNILL-JONES, SARAH PAGER, SHARON SWAINE, TRACEY DOWNING, UTE KREYMAN, VANESSA MITTER, ALAN DEDMAN, EUGENIA CUELLAR ABOUT STUDIO 1.1 studio1.1, an artist run, not for profit…

Michele Marcoux – Biography

MICHELE MARCOUX is an artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She received a BA Fine Art (cum laude) from Bennington College, Vermont, and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She completed a Masters of Letters Fine Art Practice (distinction) at Glasgow School of Art in 2016. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio she lived in Vermont, Philadelphia, California and New York City before moving to Scotland in 1990. In the 1980’s Michele lived in New York City, in Tribeca, Harlem, the Lower East Side, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She worked to support her creative practice, as a waitress, bookbinder, wood finisher, plant maintenance person, jewellery…

Eternal Return, 2024

Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh, April 2024 Eternal Return, April 2024 Eternal Return was a solo exhibition at the Scottish Arts Club. Paintings from real and imagined places. they were often begun outdoors in the landscape – an abandoned village in Spain, the mountains of Italy, disused cottages in Dumfriesshire . The work considered memory, displacement, romantic notions of ruin. The Scottish Arts Club is a private members club in Rutland Square, Edinburgh with a 150 year history of bringing artists, creatives and the public together in an appreciation of the arts. ALL WORKS ARE FOR SALE Any questions? DM me INSTAGRAM: @michelemarcouxartist FACEBOOK: Michele Marcoux…

Ecologies of Displacement, 2021

EXHIBITION SHOTS OF WORKS AVAILABLE HERE Summary 2021-22 Ecologies of Displacement These paintings and video installation were created as part of Ecologies of Displacement an international residency funded through The British Council and Creative Scotland, which took place in Scotland and Pakistan. The works were shown in two, two person exhibitions – along with works from my collaborator artist Farrukh Addnan – at Koel Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan (January 2022) and Summerhall Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland (August 2022). Description: Stories from a virtual childhood home These paintings were inspired by finding my childhood home in Ohio up for sale on the internet…

Eternal Return artist’s talk

ARTIST’S TALK at The Scottish Arts Club – ETERNAL RETURN April 13th 12.00 NoonThe Scottish Arts ClubSAC members FREE, £10 for non-membersExhibition on until May 4th. Gallery open to public: Tues –Fri 11am-12.30 and 3-8pm. Saturday 5-8pm On April 13th at The Scottish Arts Club I talked about my journey – from New York City many years ago to my Scotland home – and my paintings which move from actual landscapes – in Aragon, Spain, Molise, Italy, and Dumfriesshire in Scotland – to the landscape of memory and back again. Eternal Return slide show ETERNAL RETURN – Background to the exhibitionPaintings…